Prerequisites For The Setup Utility; Setting Up Your Cisco Nx-Os Device - Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Using the Cisco NX-OS Setup Utility
The setup script only supports IPv4.
Note

Prerequisites for the Setup Utility

The setup utility has the following prerequisites:
• Have a password strategy for your network environment.
• Connect the console port on the supervisor module to the network. If you have dual supervisor modules,
• Connect the Ethernet management port on the supervisor module to the network. If you have dual

Setting Up Your Cisco NX-OS Device

To configure basic management of the Cisco NX-OS device using the setup utility, follow these steps:
Procedure
Step 1 Power on the device.
Step 2
Enable or disable password-strength checking.
A strong password has the following characteristics:
• At least eight characters long
• Does not contain many consecutive characters (such as "abcd")
• Does not contain many repeating characters (such as "aaabbb")
• Does not contain dictionary words
• Does not contain proper names
• Contains both uppercase and lowercase characters
• Contains numbers
Example:
Do you want to enforce secure password standard (yes/no) [y]: y
Step 3
Enter the new password for the administrator.
Note
connect the console ports on both supervisor modules to the network.
supervisor modules, connect the Ethernet management ports on both supervisor modules to the network.
---- System Admin Account Setup ----
If a password is trivial (such as a short, easy-to-decipher password), your password configuration is
rejected. Passwords are case sensitive. Be sure to configure a strong password that has at least eight
characters, both uppercase and lowercase letters, and numbers.
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
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